Carmon Dozier
Home Town: Yorkville, TN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Carmon Dozier, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Estrees, France, October 8, 1918. After being severely wounded by shell fire, Private Dozier crawled forward, killed two enemy machine-gunners, and captured their gun, thereby clearing the way for the further advance of his company.